childlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

childly (comparative childlier or more childly, superlative childliest or most childly)

1. Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike

使用する際の注意点

Childly has a positive connotation, as opposed to the sometimes pejorative childish.

同意語

• juvenile, kiddish; see also Thesaurus:childlike

派生語

語源

From 古期英語 ċildlīċ; equivalent to child +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːldliː/, /ˈt͡ʃiːldlit͡ʃ(ə)/

形容詞

childly

1. pertaining to a child; childly; childlike
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     for to loke upon his cheke
     And seen his childly maner eke

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. childish; not mature

派生した語

• English: childly

参照

• “chīldlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-06.

副詞

childly

1. childishly

参照

• “chīldlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-06.